# Replication package for "The Effects of Joining Multinational Supply Chains: New Evidence from Firm-to-Firm Linkages" by Alonso Alfaro-Urena, Isabela Manelici, and Jose P. Vasquez

## Instructions

This is an overview of the steps required to replicate the empirical analyses of Alfaro-Urena, Manelici, and Vasquez (2021). 

- This project uses administrative data from Costa Rica. To gain access to the restricted data contact Alonso Alfaro-Urena (alfaroua@bccr.fi.cr) from the Central Bank of Costa Rica. 
- The file `0-master_do_file.do` calls the necessary files to produce all the outputs in the paper. 
- There are 9 main do files that are called by `0-master_do_file.do`. They need to be run in order. These files are:
  - Data construction: `all_codes/1-event_data_creation.do`
  - Main variables for analysis: `all_codes/2-data_preparation.do`
  - Results in the main body of the paper: `all_codes/3-main_results.do`
  - Appendix A results: `all_codes/4-appendix_a.do`
  - Appendix B results: `all_codes/5-appendix_b.do`
  - Appendix C results: `all_codes/6-appendix_c.do`
  - Appendix D results: `all_codes/7-appendix_d.do`
  - Appendix E results: `all_codes/8-appendix_e.do`
  - Appendix F results: `all_codes/9-appendix_f.do`

After these files run, one also needs to run the matlab program `Z-markups_sampi_estimation.m`.

Below we describe in more detail the outputs of each do file. Full detail of the content of each file is included in the body of the paper and Appendices A-F.

### 3-main_results.do

* **Figure 1:** *Domestic Firms Increase Their Size and TFP after Starting to Supply to MNCs.*  Figure is produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. Consists of six panels: Figure_1a.eps, Figure_1b.eps, Figure_1c.eps, Figure_1d.eps, Figure_1e.eps and Figure_1f.eps

* **Figure 2:** *Domestic Firms Improve Their Sales to Others after Starting to Supply to MNCs.* Figure is produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. Consists of six panels: Figure_2a.eps, Figure_2b.eps, Figure_2c.eps, Figure_2d.eps, Figure_2e.eps, and Figure_2f.eps

* **Figure 3:** *The Effects of Three Placebo Events -First-Time Supplying to the Government, Large Domestic Buyer, or Domestic Exporter- vs. The First-Time Supplying to an MNC Event.* Figure is produced by the code`3-main_results.do`. Consists of six panel: Figure_3a.eps, Figure_3b.eps, Figure_3c.eps, Figure_3d.eps, Figure_3e.eps, and Figure_3f.eps

* **Table 1:** *Domestic Firms Increase Their Size and TFP after Starting to Supply to MNCs.*  All nine columns come from the file Table_1.tex, produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. In the text, the header for columns (1)-(4) reads "Firm Size",  and the header for columns (5)-(9) reads "TFP".

* **Table 2:** *Domestic Firms Improve Their Business With Others after Starting to Supply to MNCs.* All eight columns come from the file Table_2.tex, produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. 

* **Table 3:** *Baseline Event-Study Estimates are Robust to Four Alternative Empirical Strategies.* Columns (1)-(9) come from the file Table_3a.tex and columns (10)-(12) come from Table_3b.tex, both .tex files are produced by the code `Z-matching.do`. In the text, the header for columns (1)-(3) reads "Productive Linkages Design", for columns (4)-(6)  "Predicted Procomer Score", for columns (7)-(9)  "Propensity Score Matching", and for columns (10)-(12) "Nearest Neighbor Matching". In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to erase the preamble and the environment "document" included in the Supplementary_Table_3b.tex file. This file also is displayed in wide format instead of wide.

* **Table 4:** *First-Time Suppliers to MNCs Start Selling to More Buying Sectors. Moreover, First-Time Suppliers Shift Their Sales Towards Buyers with Better Performance.* All twelve columns come from the file Table_4.tex, produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. In the text, the header for columns (1)-(4) reads "Number of buying/supplying sectors", and for columns (5)-(12) "Average characteristics of the buyers (excluding the first MNC buyer)" 

* **Table 5:** *First-Time Suppliers to MNCs Have a Steep (Closer to Flat) Short-Run (Medium-Run) Marginal Cost Curve.* All four columns come from file Table_5.tex produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. In the text, the header for columns (1)-(2) reads "Baseline - Sales to Others", for columns (3)-(4) "Robustness check - Transaction with others"

* **Table 6:** *TFP Gains Vary by the Sector of the Domestic Firm or the First MNC Buyer*. All twelve columns come from the file Table_6.tex, produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. In the text, the header for columns (1)-(8) read "Sector of the domestic first-time supplier to an MNC" and for columns (9)-(10) "Sector of the first MNC buyer". Sub-header for columns (1)-(4) reads "Full Sample", columns (5)-(8) "Restricted sample" and columns (9)-(12) "Restricted Sample".

* **Table 7:** *TFP Gains Vary by the Importance of the First Transaction*. All seven columns come from the file Table_7.tex, produced by the code `3-main_results.do`

### 4-appendix_a.do

* **Table A1:** *Sample Coverage (\%) for Domestic Firms After Restrictions*. Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A1.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to erase the preamble and the environment "document" included in the .tex file.
* **Table A2:** *Summary Statistics: All Domestic Firms in the Non-Financial Market Economy vs. Domestic Firms Kept After Minimal Size Restrictions*. Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A2.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In the text, rows (1)-(8) have the title "Domestic firms before min. size restr.", rows (9)-(16) "Domestic firms kept after min. size restr.". In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to add the environment "tabular" to the .tex file.
* **Table A3:** *Number of Cases, Firm-to-firm Transaction Data.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A3.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In the text, there is an additional row "Subtotal of used data" with the sum of Data in pairs and No partner and accepted for each column. In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to add the environment "tabular" to the .tex file.
* **Table A4:** *Value of Transactions, Firm-to-firm Transaction Data*. Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A4.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In the text, there is an additional row "Subtotal of used data" with the sum of Data in pairs and No partner and accepted for each column. In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to add the environment "tabular" to the .tex file.
* **Table A5:** *Descriptive Statistics by Firm Ownership.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A5.tex, produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In the text, rows (1)-(9) have the title "A. Fully domestic firms", rows (10)-(18) "Firms with partial foreign ownership Excluding (Large MNCs)", and rows (19)-(27) "(Large) MNCs". In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to add the environment "tabular" to the .tex file. 
* **Table A6:** *MNC Sample Coverage*. Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A6.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In the text, the table is displayed vertically instead of horizontally as in the .tex file. In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to erase the preamble and the environment "document" included in the .tex file.
* **Table A7:** *Country of Global Ultimate Ownership.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A7.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In the text the table contains the full name for the top 15 countries in absolute frequency. The .tex file contains accronyms for all the countries in the sample. In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to add the environment "tabular" to the .tex file.
* **Table A8:** *Comparison of MNC Buyers: Economy-Wide vs. Procomer.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A8.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In the text, the top panel has the title "Sector of MNC" and the bottom panel "Region of Global Ultimate Ownership of MNC".
* **Table A9:** *Comparison Between Winners and Losers in Year Before Deal.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A9.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`.
* **Table A10:** *Descriptive Statistics of Relationship with First MNC Buyer For Winners in Sample of Deals Mediated by "Productive Linkages" Program.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_A10.tex produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`. In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to add the environment "tabular" to the .tex file.
* **Figure A1:** *Example of  a "Productive Linkages" Evaluation Form.* Figure is the copy of a form provided by Procomer, not produced by any code.
* **Figure A2:** *Robustness Check: Scores of Firms in the "Productive Linkages" Program.* Figure is produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do` and consists of two panels: Supplementary_Figure_A2a.eps and Supplementary_Figure_A2b.eps.
* **Figure A3:** *Relationship between Procomer Score and Value Added per Worker*. Figure is produced by the code `4-appendix_a.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_A3.eps.

### 5-appendix_b.do

* **Table B1:** *Country of Global Ultimate Ownership for the MNCs Triggering the Event.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_B1.tex produced by the code `5-appendix_b.do`. In the text the table contains the full name for the top 10 countries in absolute frequency. The .tex file contains accronyms for all the countries in the sample. In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to add the environment "tabular" to the .tex file.
* **Table B2:** *Sectoral Composition of the Sample of First-Time Suppliers and MNCs.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_B2.tex produced by the code `5-appendix_b.do`.
* **Table B3:** *Summary Statistics for the Domestic Firms in the Baseline Economy-Wide Sample (First-Time Suppliers and Never-Suppliers to MNCs).* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_B3.tex produced by the code `5-appendix_b.do`. 
* **Table B4:** *Characteristics of Amount and Length of Relationship with First MNC Buyer.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_B4.tex produced by the code `5-appendix_b.do`. Rows (1)-(13) in the appendix's text have the title "Time invariant characteristics". Rows (14)-(21) have the title "Time variant characteristics". In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to add the environment "tabular" to the .tex file.
* **Table B5:** *Share of Sales Going to MNCs and Number of Other MNC Buyers.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_B5.tex produced by the code `5-appendix_b.do`.

### 6-appendix_c.do

* **Table C1:** *Domestic Firms (Weakly) Reduce their Markups after Starting to Supply to MNCs.* Columns (1)-(2) come from the file Supplementary_Table_C1a.tex produced by the code `6-appendix_c.do`. Columns (3)-(4) come from the output of the Matlab code `Z-markups_sampi_estimation.m`, files Supplementary_Table_C1_b_pooled.csv, Supplementary_Table_C1_b_yearly.csv, Supplementary_Table_C1_c_pooled.csv and Supplementary_Table_C1_c_yearly.csv
* **Table C2:** *Sales and TFP Gains Vary by the Number of MNC Event Years.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_C2.tex produced by the code `6-appendix_c.do`. In the text, header for columns (1)-(4) reads "Total Sales", for columns (5)-(8) "TFP (Cobb Douglas, OLS)".
* **Table C3:** *Pooled Changes in Sales and TFP After a First, Second, or Third Event Year.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_C3.tex produced by the code `6-appendix_c.do`. In the text, header for columns (1)-(4) reads "Total Sales", for columns (5)-(8) "TFP (Cobb Douglas, OLS)".
* **Table C4:** *TFP Gains Vary by the Characteristics of the First MNC Buyer.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_C4.tex produced by the code `6-appendix_c.do`. 
* **Table C5:** *TFP Gains Vary by the HQ Country of the First MNC Buyer.* Table corresponds to the file Supplementary_Table_C2.tex produced by the code `6-appendix_c.do`. In the text, header for columns (1)-(4) reads "Region of HQ country", for columns (5)-(6) "GDP per capita PPP", and for columns (7)-(8) "Quality of management".
* **Figure C1:** *Split of Corporate Sales by Old or New, Domestic or MNC Buyers.* Figure is produced by the code `6-appendix_c.do`. Consists of two panels: Supplementary_Figure_C1a.eps and Supplementary_Figure_C1b.
* **Figure C2:** *Decomposition of Total Sales for First-time Suppliers to MNCs.* Figure is produced by the code `6-appendix_c.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_C2.eps.

### 7-appendix_d.do

* **Table D1:** *Baseline Event-Study Estimates Are Robust to Four Alternative Empirical Strategies.* Columns (1)-(9) correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D1a.tex and columns (10)-(12) to file Supplementary_Table_D1_b.tex, both produced by code `Z-matching.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(3) have the header "Productive Linkages Design", columns (4)-(6) "Predicted Procomer Score", columns (7)-(9) "Propensity Score Matching", and columns (10)-(12) "Nearest Neighbors Matching". In order to import the table to the LaTeX document, it is necessary to erase the preamble and the environment "document" included in the file Supplementary_Table_D1b.tex.
* **Table D2:** *Auxiliary Table for the Propensity Score and Predicted Procomer Score Matching.* Columns (1)-(2) correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D2_a.tex, column (3) file Supplementary_Table_D2_b1.tex, columns (4)-(6) file Supplementary_Table_D2_b2, column (7) file Supplementary_Table_D2_c1.tex, and columns (8)-(10) to the file Supplementary_Table_D2_c2. All the files are produced by code `Z-matching.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(2) have the header "Baseline", columns (3)-(6) "Propensity Score Matching", and columns (7)-(10) "Predicted Procomer Score Matching".
* **Table D3:** *“Productive Linkages” Design: Event Study Patterns for “Losers”.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D3.tex, produced by the code `Z-matching.do`.
* **Table D4:** *Robustness of Baseline Estimates to Dropping All Never-Supplying Firms from the Control Group.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D4.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(3) have the header "Firm Size", columns (4)-(5) "TFP", and columns (7)-(9) "Business with Others".
* **Table D5:** *Robustness of Baseline Estimates to Restricting the Control Group to Only Include Suppliers to Large Firms.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D5.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(3) have the header "Firm Size", columns (4)-(5) "TFP", and columns (6)-(9) "Business with Others".
* **Table D6:** *Robustness of Baseline Estimates to Excluding First-time Suppliers Hiring New Managers or Former Workers for an MNC or a Supplier to an MNC.*  Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D6.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`.
* **Table D7:** *Robustness of Baseline Estimates to Sample Restrictions: No Size Restrictions for Domestic Firms; No Sector Restrictions for Domestic Firms.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D7.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(6) have the header "No size restrictions for domestic firms", and columns (7)-(12) "No sector restrictions for domestic firms".
* **Table D8:** *Robustness of Baseline Estimates to Sample Restrictions: No Size and Sector Restrictions for Domestic Firms; + All “MNCs”.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D8.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(6) have the header "No size restrictions for domestic firms", and columns (7)-(12) "No sector restrictions for domestic firms, all MNCs".
* **Table D9:** *Robustness of Baseline Estimates to Sample Restrictions: All “MNCs”; All “MNCs” over 25 Median Number of Workers.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D9.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(6) have the header "All MNCs", and columns (7)-(12) "All MNCs over 25 median number of workers".
* **Table D10:** *Robustness of Baseline Estimates to Sample Restrictions: All “MNCs” over 50 or 75 Median Number of Workers.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D10.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(6) have the header "All MNCs over 50 median number of workers", and columns (7)-(12) "All MNCs over 75 median number of workers".
* **Table D11:** *Robustness of Baseline TFP (CD OLS) Estimates to Different Sets of Fixed Effects.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D11.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`.
* **Table D12:** *Robustness of Baseline Estimates to Using a Balanced Sample in Event Time.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_D12.tex, produced by the code `7-appendix_d.do`.

### 8-appendix_e.do

* **Table E1:** *TFP Gains from FDI Estimated a la Blalock and Gertler (2008).*  Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E1.tex, produced by the code `8-appendix_e.do`.
* **Table E2:** *Descriptive Statistics of the Buyers of First-Time Suppliers to an MNC vs. the Government.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E2.tex, produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. 
* **Table E3:** *Descriptive Statistics of the Buyers of First-Time Suppliers to an MNC vs. a Large Domestic Firm.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E3.tex, produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. 
* **Table E4:** *Descriptive Statistics of the Buyers of First-Time Suppliers to anMNC vs. a Domestic Exporter.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E4.tex, produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. 
* **Table E5:** *Descriptive Statistics of First-Time Suppliers to an MNC vs. the Government.* Columns (1)-(2) correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E5a.tex and columns (4)-(6) to the file Supplementary_Table_E5b. Both files are produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(3) have the header "Full sample comparison", and the columns (4)-(6) "Matching comparison".
* **Table E6:** *Descriptive Statistics of First-Time Suppliers to an MNC vs. Large Domestic Firm.* Columns (1)-(2) correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E6a.tex and columns (4)-(6) to the file Supplementary_Table_E6b. Both files are produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(3) have the header "Full sample comparison", and the columns (4)-(6) "Matching comparison".
* **Table E7:** *Descriptive Statistics of First-Time Suppliers to an MNC vs. Domestic Exporter.* Columns (1)-(2) correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E7a.tex and columns (4)-(6) to the file Supplementary_Table_E7b. Both files are produced by the code `3-main_results.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(3) have the header "Full sample comparison", and the columns (4)-(6) "Matching comparison".
* **Table E8:** *Inferred sigma and Returns to Scale Parameter from the Method of DLW (2012).* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E8.tex, produced by the code `8-appendix_e.do`. 
* **Table E9:** *Model-Based Estimates of the Marginal Cost Elasticity.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E9.tex, produced by the code `8-appendix_e.do`. In the text, columns (1)-(2) have the header "First-time MNC suppliers", columns columns (3)-(4) "First-time Government Suppliers", columns (5)-(6) "First-time Dom. exp. suppliers", and columns (7)-(8) "First-time Large dom. suppliers".
* **Table E10:** *Similar Compliance in Third Party Reporting After Supplying to an MNC.* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E10.tex, produced by the code `8-appendix_e.do`. 
* **Table E11:** *No Changes After the Event in the Share of New Hires in Year t Who Were Either Nonemployed or Informal Workers (or Newly-Arrived Foreign Workers) in Year (t - 1).* Table correspond to the file Supplementary_Table_E11.tex, produced by the code `8-appendix_e.do`. In the text, the table has the header "Excludes foreign workers".
* **Figure E1:** *The Effects of Three Placebo Events on Total Sales and Employment: First-Time Supplying to the Government, a Large Domestic Buyer, or a Domestic Exporter.* Figure is produced by the code`3-main_results.do`. Consists of six panel: Supplementary_Figure_E1a.eps, Supplementary_Figure_E1b.eps, Supplementary_Figure_E1c.eps, Supplementary_Figure_E1d.eps, Supplementary_Figure_E1e.eps, and Supplementary_Figure_E1f.eps
* **Figure E2:** *The Effects of Three Placebo Events on the Number of Other Corporate Buyers and Average Sales to Other Corporate Buyers: First-Time Supplying to the Government, Large Domestic Buyer, or Domestic Exporter.* Figure is produced by the code`3-main_results.do`. Consists of six panel: Supplementary_Figure_E2a.eps, Supplementary_Figure_E2b.eps, Supplementary_Figure_E2c.eps, Supplementary_Figure_E2d.eps, Supplementary_Figure_E2e.eps, and Supplementary_Figure_E2f.eps

### 9-appendix_f.do

Tables and figures in this appendix come from surveys conducted on a representative sample of MNCs and domestic suppliers. The tables are not exported to .tex files, instead, they are found in the log file of the code that produces them and transcribed manually into LaTeX.

* **Figure F1:** *Four Examples of Domestic Suppliers to MNCs.* This figure consists of a collages of pictures taken by the authors during survey visits to four domestic suppliers to MNCs.
* **Figure F2:** *Question 3: Before the first contract with an MNC, how did your firm expect MNC buyers to be different from domestic buyers?* Figure is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_F2.eps.
* **Figure F3:** *Question 5: How did your firm prepare to supply to multinationals?* Figure is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_F3.eps.
* **Figure F4:** *Question 8: Why was it difficult to get a first contract with a multinational?* Figure is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_F4.eps.
* **Figure F5:** *Question 9: What were the changes that the firm experienced when becoming a supplier to its first MNC buyers? Select all the answers that are TRUE.* Figure is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_F5.eps.
* **Figure F6:** *Question 11: How did the first MNC buyers help the firm to undergo these changes?* Figure is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_F6.eps.
* **Figure F7:** *Question 3: How Important Were the Following Factors in the Decision of the Multinational to Locate Itself in CR?* Figure is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_F7.eps.
* **Figure F8:** *Question 4: To your knowledge, how important were the following factors in the decision of the multinational to STAY or EXPAND in CR?* Figure is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`, file Supplementary_Figure_F8.eps.
* **Table F1:** *Number of Firm Responses.* This table contains a summary of number of survey responses and is created manually using the surveys data. It is not the output of any code.
* **Table F2:** *Summary of Firm Response Rates.* This table contains a summary of number of survey responses and is created manually using the surveys data. It is not the output of any code.
* **Table F3:** *Comparison Between Surveyed and Not Surveyed Domestic Firms in Terms of Firm Size and Firm Performance.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F3 - Comparison: Surveyed vs Not Surveyed Domestic".
* **Table F4:** *Comparison Between Surveyed and Not Surveyed MNCs in Terms of Size, Performance, and Free Trade Zone Status.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F4 - Comparison: Surveyed vs Not Surveyed MNCs".
* **Table F5:** *Summary of Job Titles for Respondents to the Survey to Domestic Firms.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F5 - Question 6 in the domestic firms survey (Question 1 in the paper)"
* **Table F6:** *Question 10: What was the most important change experienced upon becoming a supplier to MNCs?* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F6 - Question 19 in the domestic firms survey (Question 10) in the paper".
* **Table F7:** *Question 13: If the multinational provided direct/explicit help, how was your firm supposed to reward the multinational for this help? Please choose ONE option only.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F7 - Question 22 in the domestic firms survey (Question 13) in the paper".
* **Table F8:** *Question 15: For a purchase order of the same product, quantity and quality, is there a difference in the price charged to a national buyer with respect to a multinational buyer?* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F8 - Question 26 in the domestic firms survey (Question 15) in the paper".
* **Table F9:** *Question 16: Has becoming a supplier of MNCs changed your firm’s business with domestic buyers?* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F9 - Question 27 in the domestic firms survey (Question 16) in the paper".
* **Table F10:** *Question 18: Why was it easier to find more multinational buyers after having your first (multinational) buyer? Please choose all the options that are TRUE.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F10 - Questions 28 and 29 in the domestic firms survey (Questions 17 and 18) in the paper".
* **Table F11:** *Question 19: How many of the deals of your firm with multinational buyers in CR occur through Procomer? Please choose ONE option only.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F11 - Question 35 in the domestic firms survey (Questions 19) in the paper".
* **Table F12:** *Question 20: What are the main reasons why your firm wants to make such deals through Procomer? Please, choose (at most) the two most relevant options.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F12 - Question 36 in the domestic firms survey (Questions 20) in the paper".
* **Table F13:** *Question 1: MNC’s Headquarters Country.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplemmentary Table F13 - Question on HQ country in the multinational firms survey (Question 1 in the paper)".
* **Table F14:** *Summary of Job Titles for Respondents to the Survey to Multinationals.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F14 - Question on position of employee in the multinational firms survey (Question 2 in the paper)".
* **Table F15:** *Question 5: In general, how important are the following criteria when choosing a new supplier in CR (Costa Rican or not)?* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F15 -Question 10 in the multinational firms survey (Question 5 in the paper)".
* **Table F16:** *Question 7: Which of the following options describe the way(s) in which the multinational provides support to the new supplier to adapt to their new relationship?* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F16 - Questions 11 and 12 in the multinational firms survey (Question 6 in the paper)".
* **Table F17:** *Question 9: How is the supplier expected to compensate the multinational for the support received? Please choose ONE option only.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F17 - Questions 14 and 15 in the multinational firms survey (Question 9 in the paper)".
* **Table F18:** *Questions 11, 12, and 13: Top three most important benefits to becoming a supplier to MNCs, according to MNCs.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F18 - Questions 16, 17 and 18 in the multinational firms survey (Question 11, 12 and 13 in the paper)".
* **Table F19:** *Questions 14, 15, and 16: Top three most important risks to becoming a supplier to MNCs, according to MNCs.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F19 - Questions 19, 20 and 21 in the multinational firms survey (Questions 14, 15 and 16 in the paper)".
* **Table F20:** *Questions 17 and 18: WHICH AFFILIATE decides on the procurement of KEY (SECONDARY) INPUTS for the affiliate in CR and HOW? Please choose ONE option only.* Table is produced by the code `9-appendix_f.do`. In the logfile, it is located under the header "Supplementary Table F20 - Questions 22 and 24 in the multinational firms survey (Questions 17 and 18 in the paper)".
